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Dulcinea

(8,775 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:06 AM Jul 10

After voting for Trump's megabill, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wants to prevent a key Medicaid cut from taking effect

(NBC News) HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Four days after President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” into law, one of the Republicans who voted for it wasn’t interested in touting the measure’s high-profile tax, immigration or health care provisions.

Instead, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., held an event here Tuesday centered on a less-noticed part of the nearly 1,000-page bill: an expanded fund for victims of nuclear waste, a bipartisan issue he worked for years to get across the finish line.

And when asked about the steep Medicaid cuts in the bill, Hawley continued to criticize them. Hawley said his “goal” is to ensure the provider tax changes, which will limit state reimbursement for Medicaid, don't go into effect in Missouri in 2030 — even as he helped to pass a piece of legislation that will do just that.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/voting-trumps-megabill-gop-sen-191041808.html

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After voting for Trump's megabill, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wants to prevent a key Medicaid cut from taking effect (Original Post) Dulcinea Jul 10 OP
Somebody(?) no doubt promised him this in exchange for his vote. lamp_shade Jul 10 #1
Should be a different president then Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 10 #2

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,117 posts)
2. Should be a different president then
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 01:15 PM
Jul 10

But getting your way isn't guaranteed Hawley. Better to not vote for shitty bills.

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